New ‘Disciples in the Moonlight’ Movie Tackles Religious Freedom

Directed by Brett Varvel, ‘Disciples in the Moonlight,’ depicts an era when Bibles are banned in the United States.

Filmmaker and actor Brett Varvel. Courtesy of Christina Varvel

When actor and director Brett Varvel first pitched a film in 2015 about seven Christians who smuggle the Bible to underground churches in a future dystopian United States, it was hard for investors to commit.

“There was a lot of pushback from people who we would talk to about financing because they got hung up on whether or not the storyline would ever become a reality,” Mr. Varvel recently told The Epoch Times.